An epidemiological assessment of stomatal ozone flux-based critical levels for visible ozone injury in Southern European forests

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 729-741

  Sicard, Pierre ^a   De Marco, Alessandra ^b   Dalstein Richier, Laurence ^c   Tagliaferro, Francesco ^d   Renou, Camille ^a   Paoletti, Elena ^e  

^a ACRI ST   (France)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c G I E F S Groupe International d'Etudes sur les Forêts Sud européennes   (France)

^d Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical levels; Epidemiology; Ozone; POD; Stomatal flux based; Visible injury

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DISCOLORATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; OZONE; SOIL MOISTURE;

CRITICAL LEVEL; CROWN DEFOLIATION; FRAXINUS EXCELSIORS; POD; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STOMATAL FLUXES; STOMATAL OZONE FLUXES; VISIBLE INJURIES;

FORESTRY;

OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; OZONE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST; FRANCE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; ITALY; OZONE INJURY; PINE; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BEECH; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PLANT STOMA; PROCEDURES;

FRANCE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAGUS; FORESTS; FRANCE; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OZONE; PLANT STOMATA;

EID: 84943329601     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.113     Document Type: Article

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